Save money on your childcare bills with tax free childcare

This rises to £1,000 every quarter, or £4,000 per year per child, if the child has a disability.To take advantage, working parents and carers need to set up an online childcare account for their child or children. For every £8 they pay in, the Government will top this up by £2, up to a maximum of £2,000 a year, or £4,000 if the child has a disability.It can then be used to pay for childcare including childminders, nurseries and nannies, playschemes, before and after school clubs, and holiday clubs, if providers are signed up to the scheme.Councillor Jacqui Coogan, the City of Wolverhampton Council’s Cabinet Member for Children, Young People and Education, said: “Accessing childcare gives your child the chance to learn, play and make new friends and the opportunity to develop and master new skills – and of course it also helps working parents and carers to juggle their careers with their caring responsibilities.”Thousands of families across Wolverhampton are already taking…